Guest jpurdy2003 Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 After a two hour nap, I roll out of bed eager for a trip to White Castle. I awake to find a flat tire that was purchased new on 3/18/2004. ~3,000 miles have been put on the car since that tire was mounted, but that is no excuse. I hope to God that they cover this under warranty, considering that the Corolla is incapable of smoking, squealing, or otherwise destroying any tire. It says it has a 35,000 mile warranty. I'd at least hope to get 1/10 of that out of a tire, but alas, not this one. I don't know if it's a shitty product, shitty mounting, shitty balancing, or a combination of the three, but someone clearly fucked up somewhere along the line here. Jack Pee's lesson for today: don't buy cheap-ass tires for low prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicktcfcsb Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 Also dont run over nails, glass, screws, small woodland animals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jpurdy2003 Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 Originally posted by nicktcfcsb: Also dont run over nails, glass, screws, small woodland animals.If only it was that simple. Daylight inspection yields no answers. They're getting a phone call at 8:00 sharp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneRunnin72SST Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 Sucky luck man hope they help you out. I have alwasy been taught that a tire is most likely to go bad with in the first few thousand miles. ~Erik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berto Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 how does your tire going flat have anything to do with sears? the 35000 mile warranty is for WEAR not whether you run over sharp objects. also keep in mind for this warranty to be ineffect you need an alignment every 2 yrs (i think) so ur tires aren't wearing bad because of that. daylight inspection shows no answers? huh thats odd i could have sworn tire places have this thing called a REPAIR take it in and have someone that knows that they are doing look for a leak. maybe you can just pee on the tire and see where the bubbles form tongue.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lustful Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 since i used to work at sears when i went to school at newark, i know the ins and outs of buying tires there.. i was a preferred customer to those guys. but i learned the way to snake them too. did you buy the roadside assistance plan with the tire... it is super cheap insurance for it, i think less than 10%. they will tow you up to 25 miles.. to any available sears i beleive, plus fix the tire for freee. if it is not fixable then you get a new tire!! not fixable as in nail in sidewall..... directly from the managers mouth. mileage is covered.. on a pro rated basis. so if you have X amount of tread left for this many mileage of a tire, then you get this Y much money towards your new set of tires.... last set of fronts that i bought were under $75... and that was for both of them mounted balanced and taxed... sumitomo's htr+,,sweet tire. plus i price matched tirerack.com.... so there you go. there is lots of loopholes that can all be used at once. i recomend going to newark if you have the oppurtunity. great service.. and the guys do it right or you get it done again. lifetime balance on all tires as well. they have never given me shit about tire warranty life either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurkvinny Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 Originally posted by Jack Pee: but someone clearly fucked up somewhere along the line here.Most likely you when you ran over whatever punctured the tire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldblue1999 Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 so..... what was wrong with the tire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jpurdy2003 Posted April 23, 2004 Report Share Posted April 23, 2004 Originally posted by lustful: did you buy the roadside assistance plan with the tire... it is super cheap insurance for it, i think less than 10%. they will tow you up to 25 miles.. to any available sears i beleive, plus fix the tire for freee. if it is not fixable then you get a new tire!! not fixable as in nail in sidewall..... directly from the managers mouth. mileage is covered.. on a pro rated basis. I wish I would have known this. However, I do not expect a tire with a month and 3,000 miles on it to be punctured by something that obviously wasn't big enough to be noticed while driving and couldn't be seen when I woke up to the flat or in daylight. The fact of the matter is that something too small to be felt or seen cut through their cheap-ass tire like a hot knife through butter. I have pics if someone could host. I will never buy anything automotive there again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berto Posted April 23, 2004 Report Share Posted April 23, 2004 how is that a problem of the tire? lmao you are being an idiot. just because you didn't see it doesn't mean it can't puncture your tire? granted the amount of belts on a tire sometimes help it to be puncture resistant but that isn't sears fault! you bought a cheap ass tire....who's fault is that? too small to be felt or seen? news flash it might be inbedded in the tire or might have fallen out.. once again u complain abou the "cheap ass" tire, but you are the cheap ass that bought it. you have no reasonable claims against this store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Elinar Longsight Posted April 23, 2004 Report Share Posted April 23, 2004 And with that, we end this. JackPee, when you have a legit complaint about a company or product, (aside from it being a cheap tire, which most ppl know not to buy: cheap tire=POS), not something that was caused by you being cheap or just bad luck, then you can start another topic. Thank you and Have a nice day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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